Settling the land

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1. Chapter 13: The Process of Settling the Land of Canaan

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   This lesson will begin our study of the final part in the book of Yehoshua. While a superficial reading of the first half of the book may leave the impression that Israel under the leadership of Yehoshua succeeded in conquering the entire Canaanite population in short order, a more careful study indicates that this was not the case. While Yehoshua was singularly successful at the first task, God informs him that the second aspect, settlement of the land, would not be completed during his lifetime. God therefore bids Yehoshua, while he yet lives, to formally assign the territory of Canaan to the tribes by lot, to be actually distributed much later when the people of Israel finally achieve hegemony.

2. Chapter 14: Calev and the Journey to Chevron

   Rabbi Michael Hattin

   After having briefly outlined the tribal territories of Reuven, Gad and half Menashe that had been assigned by Moshe on the eastern side of the Jordan River, the text now turns its attention to the divisions of Canaan proper.

3. Zion Shall Be Redeemed With Justice

   Rabbi Yair Kahn

   A court system and administering justice are basic needs for any society in Eretz Yisrael or abroad. The Torah’s emphasis on Eretz Yisrael in this regard points to an additional significance to the appointment of judges as part of the commandment to settle Eretz Yisrael.

4. A Message from Rekhav's Commandments: What can Israel Learn?

   Rabbi David Sabato

5. Zion Shall Be Redeemed With Justice (Audio)

   Rabbi Yair Kahn | 11 minutes

   A court system and administering justice are basic needs for any society in Eretz Yisrael or abroad. The Torah’s emphasis on Eretz Yisrael in this regard points to an additional significance to the appointment of judges as part of the commandment to settle Eretz Yisrael.

6. “When You Come into the Land”

   Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein

   תאריך פרסום: תשס"ח |

   When God planted a garden in Eden, this was not just a grove of trees, but rather laying the foundations of the world. We are commanded in the Land of Israel to develop agriculture and plant trees, not only to fulfill mitzvot like orla or neta revai, but also to the build the nation and to ensure its viability. Just as God constructs the entire world on the basis of the planting of trees, we are commanded to plant trees in the Land of Israel, so that there will be a healthy economy and strong society in the Land of Israel.

    

   Based on a Shiur by Harav Aharon Lichtenstein zt"l  (Adapted by Lavi Bigman and translated by David Strauss)

7. Lesson 15: The Negev in Antiquity

   Prof. Yehuda Elitzur

   To the Bible student of the 19th to mid 20th centuries, the Negev stories of the first book of Samuel seemed strange and hardly plausible. I Samuel tells about events that happen in the Negev, presenting a picture of ancient life in a flourishing area, dotted with numerous settlements and humming with activity.  Since, in modern times, before the establishment of the State of Israel, there were only about five big Arab villages between Hebron and Beersheba, while the rest of the surface was actually a huge desert, the Bible student of those days could barely imagine the reality of the Negev of biblical periods. Today, after the resurrection of the Negev that the last two generations have experienced, we are much more qualified to feel the spirit of the biblical story concerning the Negev. This essay describes the Negev during David's rule.